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Your Fitness: Soak up the sun but stay healthy

Avoid piling on the pounds while on holiday this year by taking advice from Sunday Times fitness guru Paul Stephen Lubicz

July 6 2003, 1:00am, The Sunday Times

It is time to re-focus on the true purpose of holidays: enjoying time with friends and family, chilling out and recharging the batteries. The holiday season may not be a time to lose weight, but it does not have to be a time to lose your health. The key to having a good time without letting it show on your waistline is to approach your holiday with a plan. Here are some tips to help you succeed.

Food for thoughtDon’t go to the table telling everybody you are “eating healthily on this holiday”. There is no need to bring attention to your choice of food. People will feel that you are not enjoying yourself or that they should feel guilty about what they are…